Comments on: John Stossel Wind Power and NIMBY

By: kkldk18

kkldk18 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

lol and Walter once …
lol and Walter once said that he would move to Denmark when he would retire.

By: mccarrpo

mccarrpo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

Very typical of …
Very typical of NIMBYISM.

By: JHoff1991

JHoff1991 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

Holy crap. (lol)
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Holy crap. (lol)

If that is not rich liberalism at its worse, I don’t what is.

By: sirellyn

sirellyn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

Sure, ” …
Sure, “misregulation “sounds better. The point is on the public side I hear people shouting more regulation on one side and less on the other. Both actually want the same thing. They want the crooks caught with fair rules. Ideally simple rules.

I’m personally against the extension of labyrinthine rules.

By: bluetwinky

bluetwinky — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

Would you agree to …
Would you agree to the term misregulation being applicable?

By: sirellyn

sirellyn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

LordV is absolutely …
LordV is absolutely right. Bush didn’t really deregulate anything. Loopholes were created along with more laws, government branches and federal aid, but nothing was really rescinded. Laws were written on top of more laws and negated aspects of previous laws while making it much more complex.

When you hear “deregulation” on the news the above is what they mean. When you say it (like most) you mean dropping important laws that helped people. That never happened.

By: LordVigeous666999

LordVigeous666999 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

yeah, but what …
yeah, but what brought Madoff to light? it was private action

What brought Enron to light? It was private action.

And deregulation? So, how come the regulations were bigger AFTER they deregulated, than before?

They call it DE-regulation, what it actually is, is RE-regulation. which doesn’t mean that they reduced it

By: bluetwinky

bluetwinky — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

My take on the …
My take on the situation is that as peoples attitudes have and are changing the NIMBY problem will lessen. Democracies respond to peoples attitudes. Which is why nuclear construction halted in the US.

There are those who see Madoff, Enron, and the Banking meltdown, as a failure to regulate, aka deregulation.

Absent the courts, which are part of the government, Mr. Madoff would be free to do as he pleased.

In my view setting efficiency standards makes good sense.

By: LordVigeous666999

LordVigeous666999 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

and I think that is …
and I think that is great, I’m all about nuclear, especially if it gets you global warming people to shut up for thirty seconds.

But again, as soon as the gov gets out of the way, it’ll be a lot easier

The gov cannot regulate anything, look at Madoff, he got a stamp of approval. Look at Enron, they had a stamp of approval. Look at the Mortgage market, they got a stamp of approval, in fact, they got thunderous applause

We don’t need gov to help, all we need is for them to step out of the way

By: bluetwinky

bluetwinky — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:11:13 +0000

“once started it …
“once started it can’t be stopped”

True and a good point. But it is feasable to just waste all the heat produced.

granted, not very $smart

Florida’s power company is currently either planning or actually surcharging their customers to finance new nuclear plant construction.

And Lamar Alexander has introduced a bill to finance 100 new plants.

Texans are building wind farms like hot cakes.

& couple a weeks ago I saw a “Go Green Go Nuclear” bumper sticker next to a peace sign!